Some points/issues to discuss about the desktop

[Sivan]

--- Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com> wrote:

> <quote who="Mark Shuttleworth">
> 
> > > It's interesting to hear some of the results of
> recent Nautilus
> > > releases, with people tidying up their
> previously manageable (but
> > > hideously messy) home directories. Why? Well,
> they were only using
> > > terminals before.  :-) 
> >
> > This is why I wanted to introduce Documents.
> > 
> > We should introduce Documents, pre-populated with
> Photos, Music, Work type
> > directories. New users will naturally put things
> in the right places. And
> > old users will start to move their stuff into the
> right places, to clean
> > up their home dirs. Will plan properly for Hoary
> on this stuff, and get
> > community feedback.
> 
> Again, this is better done by making use of the Home
> folder itself, not
> inventing a new place for it. In fact, that's the
> primary reason why people
> found their files so much easier to manage - their
> Home directory suddenly
> became useful again! The Documents folder has its
> purpose, as does the Home
> folder, and I see no reason to diverge from the
> developing de-facto standard
> in this area.
> 
> - Jeff

I agree with Jeff's view on this, I really thanked
that the Home directory suddenly became useful again,
and that a "Documents" directory if any, should reside
under the Home directory.

Sivan


		
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